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Publisher Majesco has decided to exit physical retail and instead is focusing its efforts on the digital download market. That’s according to a public letter to shareholders from CEO and co-founder Jesse Sutton. In its efforts to focus on the digital market, the firm has also dramatically reduced its headcount. …

Total revenues for publisher Take-Two reach $366.4m for the last quarter

Develop asks those running the studios in the city what makes it an ideal location for development

Indie hit Her Story has shifted 100,000 copies in its first month on sale. That’s according to developer Sam Barlow, who took to Twitter (below) to announce the news. The game came out on June 24th, and fast became a hit. It casts players as someone watching interview footage from …

Sony is hiking the price of some of its PlayStation Plus subscriptions – specifically its one and three-month costs. At the moment, one month of PlayStation Plus will set consumers back 5.49, while three months of the online service costs 11.99. Sony says that these are set to rise ‘in …

You have until the end of the working week to get your nominations in for the Games Media Awards 2015. The event returns on October 14th and marks the ninth annual outing of the always-talked-about event which champions the best in games editorial. After a successful revamp last year – …

Intel Developer Blog: A quick overview of the tools you can use to create your app

QA outfit expands service offerings with purchase of Develop Award-winning studio

GAME has increased its gross margins for the second half of its financial year As a result, it expects its full year financials to fall in line with expectations. GAME says it has improved its margins and is enjoying a profitable period, despite a decline in hardware revenues. Sales of …

Smach Zero – the portable Steam machine formerly known as SteamBoy – will launch late next year, manufacturer Smach has announced. The company revealed at gamescom the renamed portable SteamOS device will arrive in Q4 2016, in time for the holidays. It’ll cost $299 (€299 in Europe) for pre-orders starting …